{
  "oaf":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
        "Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
      ],
      ": a stupid person : boob":[
        "a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
        "\u2014 New York Times"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
      "anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
      "Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
      "For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
      "In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
      "Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
      "Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014df"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "clod",
      "clodhopper",
      "gawk",
      "hulk",
      "lout",
      "lubber",
      "lug",
      "lump",
      "Neanderthal",
      "palooka"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-014235",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "oafish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
        "Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
      ],
      ": a stupid person : boob":[
        "a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
        "\u2014 New York Times"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
      "anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
      "Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
      "For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
      "In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
      "Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
      "Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014df"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "clod",
      "clodhopper",
      "gawk",
      "hulk",
      "lout",
      "lubber",
      "lug",
      "lump",
      "Neanderthal",
      "palooka"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-094139",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "oafishness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a big clumsy slow-witted person":[
        "Get out of my way, you big oaf ."
      ],
      ": a stupid person : boob":[
        "a thoughtless, clueless oaf",
        "\u2014 New York Times"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf",
      "anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Austin Theory\u2019s character is literally an oaf who made another foolish decision that led to Johnny Gargano\u2019s loss. \u2014 Alfred Konuwa, Forbes , 25 Feb. 2021",
      "Nowhere in Hansen\u2019s pages is the impulsive, autocratic oaf seen by many of Castro\u2019s critics. \u2014 Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor , 12 Aug. 2019",
      "Love truly is an open door with this inflatable oaf . \u2014 Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful , 4 Dec. 2019",
      "No one who touched the ball in the opposing penalty area as often as Kane was as good at not losing possession, showing that a target man doesn\u2019t have to be a lumbering oaf whose primary skill is measuring in at over 6-foot-3. \u2014 Jonathan Clegg, WSJ , 18 June 2018",
      "For us straight dudes, however, being big and hairy means getting thought of as an ape\u2014a big, dumb, smelly oaf . \u2014 Dan Savage, Chicago Reader , 7 Feb. 2018",
      "In Fitzpatrick, Doyle has created an extraordinarily creepy antagonist: a bully who plays dumb but always gets under the hero\u2019s skin, a clumsy oaf who nevertheless can disappear like a cat into the darkness. \u2014 J. Robert Lennon, New York Times , 31 Oct. 2017",
      "Though comic buffoons and yokels are scattered through a number of Shakespeare\u2019s tragedies, Lear\u2019s universe is relentlessly bleak, and the Fool, despite his jingling, is neither oaf nor jester. \u2014 Cynthia Ozick, New York Times , 25 Oct. 2017",
      "Rob Gronkowski only played eight games, but Kelce\u2014who played all sixteen\u2014averaged more yards per game than New England\u2019s lovable oaf . \u2014 Clay Skipper, GQ , 7 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1682, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "alteration of auf, alfe goblin's child, probably from Middle English alven, elven elf, fairy, from Old English elfen nymphs; akin to Old English \u00e6lf elf \u2014 more at elf":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u014df"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "clod",
      "clodhopper",
      "gawk",
      "hulk",
      "lout",
      "lubber",
      "lug",
      "lump",
      "Neanderthal",
      "palooka"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042845",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}